The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh

Born in Calcutta in 1956, Amitav Ghosh grew up in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India and studied at Delhi and Oxford universities. He is a renowned author with eight published novels, including the Man Booker Prize-nominated Sea of Poppies. Named as recipient of the Jnanpith Award in 2018, Ghosh offers a thought-provoking argument in The Great Derangement, questioning our failure to imagine a future greatly affected by global warming. With a keen eye on the effects of climate change on literature, history, and politics, this groundbreaking work serves as a call to action for writers and artists to confront the pressing task at hand. As Hindustan Times puts it, "An absorbing narrative on the subject, the impact of which is getting closer with each passing day," while The Guardian praises Ghosh's bold exploration, stating, "[A] broad-ranging and consistently stimulating indictment of our era."